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  1. Re:From the actuall trademark document on $30K Worth of Multimeters Must Be Destroyed Because They're Yellow · · Score: 1

    this IS from one of the sub-departments of DHS; I'm not surprised that they didn't really bother to read the line that says "Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark."

    Customs agents aren't lawyers, let alone trademark lawyers or even paralegals.

    This just highlights the need for adding an appeals process to the whole thing.
    (that and perhaps ICE needs some basic legalese comprehension requirements for their agents)

  2. Re:Lies: Show me the legal DRM-free download store on Kickstarted Veronica Mars Promised Digital Download; Pirate Bay Delivers · · Score: 1

    Louis CK does (https://buy.louisck.net/help)

    It was even covered on here

    Sure, it's not a "store" with a plethora of titles but the request wasn't specific. :D

  3. what about... on Senators Propose Bill Prohibiting Phone Calls On Planes · · Score: 1

    ...restricting them to designated areas....you know...a phone booth (call box, or hell...make one look like TARDIS)

  4. Re:Price !!! on Electric Cars: Drivers Love 'Em, So Why Are Sales Still Low? · · Score: 1

    amen!

    if I could afford it, I'd get myself a Tesla Model S

    Range is a concern too.

    also, some of the other electric cars....are just ugly.
    If Tesla can make an electric car that looks as nice and sexy as the Model S, why can't the other manufacturers?
    Perhaps, they don't want to or think it won't sell.
    Of course, if you make something that people want and at a reasonable price, it wouldn't be a problem.

  5. Re:History rewritten on Withhold Passwords From Your Employer, Go To Jail? · · Score: 2
  6. Re:History rewritten on Withhold Passwords From Your Employer, Go To Jail? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    His lack of finesse and social skills coupled by the complete (technical) incompetence of those at city hall definitely contributed to his downfall.
    If I recall, didn't Kamala Harris put the passwords into public record, thus forcing the city IT department to go around and changing passwords on all devices to prevent from someone from "f*cking sh*t up"?

    The funny thing is that the statute (California Penal Code Sec. 502(c)(5)) mentions "disrupts or causes the disruption of computer services or denies or causes the denial of computer services" yet....during this whole fiasco, the network was rock-f-ing-solid (at least until the passwords were put into public record without seal).

    Not sure why the attorney didn't bring this point up.
    If I was Terry Childs, I'd fire the attorney and then sue the city for breach of contract (oddly, for at least the same amount).

  7. Kettle and teapot on Oracle Attacks Open Source; Says Community-Developed Code Is Inferior · · Score: 1

    Very strange and hypocritical.

    Especially since Oracle owns several products that are open-source (some that started off as open source as well).

    Let's see....

    VirtualBox (it has an open source edition)
    MySQL
    OpenSolaris
    Java
    Oracle Linux (Oracle repackaged version of RHEL and not started from a company they bought out)
    And Oracle Linux is used as a base for the following product lines from Oracle:
            Oracle Exadata
            Oracle Exalogic
            Oracle Big Data Appliance
            Oracle Exalytics
            Oracle Database Appliance

    I'm sure there's more that people can list....but for me....I don't give a rat's arse about Oracle...shoot, I was rooting for the Kiwi's in the America's Cup and I live in the Bay Area.

  8. 800 tickets...1000 by year's end? on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Interesting, 800 tickets...1000 by year's end.

    Now if every one of those people who got a ticket does a written declaration, the cop would have to write that may written answers to the court or the ticket will be dismissed.
    Effectively, eliminating him from writing tickets that stick since he is either spending his time writing responses and not issuing new tickets OR his tickets get easily dismissed.

    At least in California, you can do a written declaration first and if that doesn't work, you still have the option of going to court in person.
    The citing officer does not get overtime pay for responding to written declarations but does receive overtime for appearing in court.
    Depending on the workload of the citing officer, tickets can be dismissed pretty easily.

  9. wait...even the Holy ones? on TSA Reminds You Not To Travel With Hand Grenades · · Score: 4, Funny

    wait...even the Holy ones?

    What about the foam ones? or the ones that are really balloons (but not filled up with anything yet)?

  10. Re:note to self. on Moscow Subway To Use Special Devices To Read Data On Passengers' Phones · · Score: 2

    the resealable kind are nice...they can do double-duty: block spies and allow me to go swimming.

  11. note to self. on Moscow Subway To Use Special Devices To Read Data On Passengers' Phones · · Score: 1

    note to self: When visiting Moscow, pack mylar bags.

  12. Re:Foxit Reader? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Automatically Sanitize PDF Email Attachments? · · Score: 3, Informative

    dang...I was about to say the same...

    but yea...best way to sanitize is by not using Adobe Acrobat (or Acrobat Reader).

    on OSX and many Linux distros have their own builtin viewer ("Preview" in OSX, and "Display" at least on Ubuntu).

    Also, you can probably use Google Apps to do the same as well.

  13. Re:One fan's view point on Hackaday For Sale, Editors Seek Crowd Funding To Buy It · · Score: 1

    well...that doesn't mean Caleb can't make a cameo appearance once in a while...shoot....you need his help for that old VW project we keep hearing about.

  14. Re:Buying a blog...? on Hackaday For Sale, Editors Seek Crowd Funding To Buy It · · Score: 1

    Because it does roughly $14K a month right now without much "pimping out to advertisers" (http://hackaday.com/2013/07/01/hackaday-looking-for-a-good-home/)

    It is interesting that I mentioned the crowdfunding aspect a few weeks ago when the owner posted that he was looking to sell: http://hackaday.com/2013/07/01/hackaday-looking-for-a-good-home/#comment-1021672

    *sigh*....it's before pay-day so I'll have to wait.

  15. Re:why? on Firefox 23 Makes JavaScript Obligatory · · Score: 4, Interesting

    crap....so noscript also?

  16. Except, Tesla won in NC on Tesla Faces Tough Regulatory Hurdle From State Dealership Laws · · Score: 4, Informative

    Tesla victory in NC

    go figure...once they go on test drive....they love it.

  17. Re:Review? What's that? on Oracle Reinstates Free Time Zone Updates For Java 7 · · Score: 1

    sadly, I agree.

    The original post about it referred to a page regarding Java6 (which I understand if Oracle wants to EoL it to force most to go with Java7).

    Also, from the looks, that original link in that post no longer refers to TZUpdater for Java6 being discontinued but rather says that it is for Java7:
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/tzupdater-download-513681.html
    Oh English...better to say what it is for than to say what it is not for, especially after it gets slashdotted.

  18. perversion of justice on Steubenville Hacker Faces Longer Prison Sentence Than the Rapists · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I must say...it is a perversion of justice, puns not intended.

    I may need to write to one of my local reps, Zoe Lofgren who's working to change the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it "less vague" and have her add some other reforms.
    Sure, "hacking" for vigilantism is wrong and two wrongs don't make it right, but neither does three: throwing the book at Deric Lostutter.

    heck, that guy in texas who killed that escort got less

  19. strange....just $1 million? on Swedish Data Center Saves $1M a Year Using Seawater For Cooling · · Score: 3, Informative

    So...from the article:

    Before Interxion started the project, its energy bills were about $2.6 million a year to cool 1 megawatt of IT load. Today, its energy bill is $5.4 million to cool 5.5 megawatts of IT load, meaning the system has saved it about $1 million a year.

    So "today" per 1MW of IT load, it would cost $5.4million / 5.5MW or $981818.18 ( 54/55 million $ per MW or 0.981818182 x million $ per MW)
    $2.6 million - $0.98 million > $1 million

    Now, if he wanted to cool 5.5MW of IT load, it would cost him $14.3 million with the old method vs $5.4 million with the seawater method.
    Even if you account for the cost of the third-party...$14.3 million vs $5.4 million is a big difference.

  20. Re:chattr +i anyone? on Sophisticated Apache Backdoor In the Wild · · Score: 1

    interesting, the backdoor uses chattr

  21. chattr +i anyone? on Sophisticated Apache Backdoor In the Wild · · Score: 1

    chattr +i anyone?

    just unchattr when you need to update httpd/apache

    more interesting is where the hole/holes are in cpanel

  22. NAT64/DNS64? on Home Server On IPv6-only Internet Connection? · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT64

    Interestingly, it was discussed in a forum topic on Tunnelbroker:
    http://www.tunnelbroker.net/forums/index.php?topic=2419.0

  23. He had me at "bacon" on CES: Jono Bacon Talks Up Ubuntu for Phones (Video) · · Score: 1

    He had me at bacon.

    At least he doesn't have a middle name that sounds similar to "want" or "like"

    It will be interesting to see another platform in the mobile market but we'll see if it will fly or not.

  24. does no one ever read the article anymore? on CTO Says Al-Khabaz Expulsion Shows CS Departments Stuck In "Pre-Internet Era" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    does no one ever read the article anymore?
    It was on a test server.....using credentials given by the vendor, Skytech Communications.

    ...the software vulnerability scan that got him expelled from school was conducted on a test server only, and using credentials provided to him by the company that makes Omnivox: Skytech Communications.

    The mere fact that Skytech supposedly gave him a job offer is enough to think that the department has their collective heads up....well..you get the point.

    There's a reason why the legendary Weld Pond would be so vocal and would even say "These kind of people right out of college are the kinds of people we want to hire."

  25. looks like they've upped the requirements on After Aaron Swartz's Death, the Focus Now Falls On the Prosecutors · · Score: 1

    According to another article, they upped the signature requirement from 25K to 100K....so let's get the ball-rolling and /. it.